Ventilating device for automobiles



W. L. MORRISON VENTILATING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES Original Filed Sept. 22, 1933 ggz Z 5 Sheets-Sheeb l Feb. 18, 1941.

Feb. 1s, 1941. W, L MORISON 2,232,184

VENTILATING DEVICE' FOR AUTOMOBILES- Original Filed Sept. 22, 1933 5. Sheets-Sheet 2 az 2 5. 33 3436 Il.

Feb. is, 1941.

w. L. MoRRIsoN VENTILATING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES original Filed sept. 22, 1933 2 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Indvv ZZardL. LZorrzSon Patenied Feb. 1s, 1941 Y 2,232,184

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VENTILATING ncvzrilrsm AUTOMOBILES Application September 22,1933, Serial No. 690,591 Renewed June 1, 1939 7 Claims. (Cl. 296-44) ThisI invention relates to Ventilating devices cross member is preferably provided with rollers for automobiles and has for its object to provide Il and l2 which engage the guides 6 and 1. This a new and improved device of this description. permits the use of short guides. The rollers can The invention has as a further object to provide be omitted by making a longeror extended ena Ventilating device with a sliding window and a gagement between the cross member and the 5" pivoted window, wherein one or both may be guides. moved down out of the way. The invention has A sealing device I3 is provided between the as a further object tol provide a Ventilating deadjacent edges of the windows which seals. the i vice wherein there is a movable frame for the space between them when both windows are in window which may be moved down out of the their closed positions. This sealing device is 10? way and which may be releasably locked to some connected with the rear window so that it moves part of the xed structure. The inVentOn has down with this window. Some suitable means is other objects which are more particularly pointprovided for moving the Window 4 down, In the ed Out in the aCCOmD-anylg deSCIpOH- construction herein shown this is done by means l5 Referring 110W t0 the dlfWmgS, of a crank I4 onv a shaft I5 which is provided with l5 Fig. l is a View of an automobile'having one i pinion i5'- The pinion |15 engages a toothed OHIi 0f Ventilating del/'ice embodymg the in* segment I'iy pivoted at I8 and to which is con- Venlon nected a bar I9 pivotally connected at 20 to a Fig. 2 is an inside View of one of the doors of Carriage or Sliding membei. 2| mounted on the the automobile illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the Cross member in and preferably having rollers 2O tWO WlI1d OWS 11.1 the. .up Close@ Posltlon? 22 which engage said cross member. There is a Fie. 3 152 VleW Slmlla-T t0; Fl- 2 ShOWmg both second bar 273 pivotauy Connected at 2Mo a fixed WmdOWS .1n thelr. downposltlons; part 25, the other end being connected at 26 with Flai-1 1S a 9256101131 WGW taken on Ime 4 4 of the carriage or movable member 2 l. When the Fig. 2, crank I4 is turned in one directionthe cross 25 Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the pivoted window in its up position and the other window in its down position;

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken on line 6-6 30 of Fig. 2;

Fig. '7 is a sectional view taken on line 1--1 of Fig. fi, with parts omitted;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 4, with parts omitted.

member I and the glass 4 are moved down to the position shown in Fig. 5. This downward movement is stopped by a laterally projecting supporting member 2l upon Whichthe projecting part 28 of the sliding member rests, as shown n in Fig. 5. During this movement the window 4 moves down through the slot 8 in the frame 5 and the frame 5 stays in its up position. The Like numerals refer to like parts throughout WmdOW 1S plvotauy mounted m the fram? 51 the Several iiguresthere being an upper pivot 29 and a lower pivot In the drawings I have illustrated an automo- 3a- The lwel" pvot 3P i5 preferably xed t0 the bile l provided with the Ventilating devicek em- WndQW 3 m any deslfed manner, as by being bodying the invention. The automobile is pro.. fixed rto the member 36a connected with the glass vided with doors 2 on opposite sides thereof in 0f the Window, The 10W1` PVO pI'OjeCtS the usual manner, and the Ventilating device is through the fram@ 5 and iS PlOl/ded With a Dno mounted in these doors. This Ventilating device, 10H 3i, See Fg 7- This DVO 1S0-'D10J'Cl'/S as herein shown, consists of the two windows 3 thmug'h a bracket 32 attached t0 the frame 5 and i mounted in a frame 5 which extends len- SOIE@ means iS aSSOCated With the Window 3 tirely around the windows, the frame being movto resist its pivotal movement and to maintain ably mounted in the door. The frame 5 is arit in any DOSOH t0 Which it iS mOVBd. In the ranged so that the entire frame may slide down construction shown this is produced by a friction wardly along the guides 6 and 'I at the opposite device comprising a spring 33 surrounding the sides of the door. The frame 5 at its bottom at pivot 3l). A nut 34 is on the threaded end of 5o the rear is provided with a slot B through which the pivot 3F), and when tightened compresses the 50 the window 4 may pass. The window 4 isA conspring. Friction washers 35 and 36 are located nected at the bottom to a supporting member 9, between the spring and the nut and the bracket which in turn is connected toI a cross member I0 32. There is also preferably a friction washer which extends across under both windows 3 and 31 between the pinion 3| `and the bracket 32, 4 and which engages the guides 6 and This The pivot 30 hasV a shoulder 38 which engages 55 this friction washer 31. gages it.

Some means is provided for rotating the pivot 30 from inside the automobile. There is also preferably means for preventing the window being rocked about its pivot from the outside of the automobile. In the drawings I have shown a particular construction for this purpose. In this construction there is a shaft 39 to which is connected a handle 40. When the window 3 is in its closed position this handle 40 extends substantially parallel to the frame 5 and is located beneath this frame. There is an opening 4I in the wall of the door by means of which access to the handle 40 is secured. Connected with the shaft 39is a pinion 42 which engages the pinion 3| so that when the handle 40 is moved the pivot 30 and the window 3 will be moved.

Some means is provided for connecting the window 4 with the frame 5 and disconnecting it from said frame, and for connecting the frame with a xed part on the automobile. As herein shown this is done by moving the handle 40. The pinion 42 has teeth only on a part of its periphery, the remaining portion being smooth. A member 43 has its end normally engaging the periphery of the pinion 42 and normally in a recess 44 therein. This member passes through the bracket 32. This bracket has an extension 45 through which the rod 43 passes. There is a spring 46 which normally presses the rod against the pinion 42. The member 43 is connected to a latch 41 which is pivoted at 48 to the frame 5. When the windows are closed this latch is re- The pinion 3I also enceived in a notch 48a in the frame associated with the window 4 .and holds said window in the frame. In 4this position the member 43 has its end in the notch 44. When the handle 40 is moved, the end of the member 43 is moved out of the notch on to the vperiphery of the pinion 42 and this moves the member 43 longitudinally so as to rock the latch 41 about the pivot 48 and disconnect it from the notch 48a in the frame of the window 4 and connect it with the fastening member 4 9 attached to the wall 5U of the automobile door. There is a clutch mechanism associated with the shaft 39 and the pi-nion 42 which prevents the backward movement of the parts lby applying pressure to the window 3. I have not shown this in detail in this application as it is described and claimed in detail in a separate applicati'on executed of even date herewith.

When it is desired to move the rear window 4 downwardly the handle 40 is moved to disconnect the latch 41 from the window 4 and connect it with the locking device 49. At the same time the window 4 is partially moved about its pivot so that a part of it will be out over the reveal and the latch prevents the downward movement of the frame and the window 3. The handle I4 is then rotated and this lowers the window 4 through the slot 8 in the frame 5 to the position shown in Fig. 5. The window 3 may then be moved to any desired position about its pivotal connection with the frame. The Window 4 may be moved up to its closed position by rotating the handle I4 in the opposition direction. When the two windows are in their closed position the Window 4 is locked to the frame 5 by the rod 48. When it is desired to lower both of the windows it is only necessary to rotate the handle I4, and since both windows are fastened fto the frame 5, this will lower the entire frame and the parts will Abe in the position shown in Fig. 3. It will 'be noted that the sealing device moves down with the window 4 so as t-o be out of the way when the window 4 is moved down alone, and it will be seen that when the entire frame is moved down, a complete open space is provided.

I claim:

1. A Ventilating device for automobiles :comprising a slidable window frame adapted to slide up and down, two windows in said frame, one pivotally `connected with said slidable window frame and the other slidable therein, moving mechanism for moving the sliding Window up and down independent of said frame, an actuating mechanism for rocking said pivoted window about its pivotal points, and means for connecting and .disconnecting said moving mechanism and said window frame, said means actuated by the said actuating mechanism which rocks said pivoted window.

2. A Ventilating device for automobiles comprising a slidable window frame adapted t0 slide up and down, two windows in said frame, one pivotally yconnected with 'said slidable Window frame and the other slidable therein, moving mechanism for moving the sliding window up and down independent of said frame, an actuating mechanism for rocking said pivoted window about its pivotal points, and means `for connecting and disconnecting said moving mechanism and said window frame, said means actuated by the said actuating mechanism which rocks said pivoted window, said actuating mechanism for said pivoted window having a hand-le on the inside of the automobile .and which extends substantially parallel with said window frame when the pivoted window is in its closed position.

3. A Ventilating device for automobiles Acomprising a slidable window fram-e adapted to slide up and down, two windows in said frame, one pivotally connected with said slidable window frame and the `other slid-able therein, movi-ng mechanism for moving the sliding window up and down independent of said frame, an actuating mechanism for rocking said pivoted Window about its pivotal points, and means for connecting and disconnecting said -moving mechanism and said window frame, said means actuated by the said actuating mechanism which rocks said pivoted window, said lmeans forming a part of said actuating mechanism for the pivoted window.

4. A Ventilating device for automobiles comprising a window, a pivot projecting in a su-bstantially vertical direction from said window, a handle operatively connected with the pivot of said pivoted window, said hand-le moving about a substantially vertical axis, the wall below the pivo-ted window being recessed, said hand-le located in said recess and extending substantially parallel with the window frame when the pivoted window is in its closed position, so as to be out of the way.

5. A Ventilating device for automobiles cornprising a section having a substantially vertically extending pivot connected therewith so that it may be moved to different angular positions, said section moving about an up and down axis, said pivot extending through the window frame, a shaft at one side of said pivot and substantially parallel thereto opera-tively connected with said pivot, a recess in the wal-1 below said window frame into which the end of said shaft projects and a substantially horizontally extending handlehaving one end ,connected with said shaft, said handle located in said recess and extending lsubstantially parallel with said Wall when the pivoted window is in its closed position.

closed to a ventilating Vposition and back to a closed position, a Wall below said Window, said wall provided with a recess, a handle located in said recess so as to be `out of the Way, said handle operatively `connected at one end with said Window, for moving it from its closed position to its Ventil-ating position and back to its closed position, a xed axis about Which said handle moves in moving said Window to its open or `closed position, said handle remaining in substantially the 10 same horizontal plane in al1 its Various positions.

WILLARD L. MORRISON. 

